VITROS Chemistry Products CREA Slides — Class III medical device recall Z-3193-2018
Terminated recall by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, reported 2018-09-26, distributed nationwide. The slides did not meet the current claims for Limit of Blank (LoB), Limit of Detection (LoD) and Limit of Qua
| Recall number | Z-3193-2018 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class III |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2018-07-11 |
| Classified | 2018-09-18 |
| Reported by FDA | 2018-09-26 |
| Terminated | 2020-08-19 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AU, BE, BM, BR, CA, CL, CN, CO, DE, DK, ES, FR, GB, IN, IT, JP, MX, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SE, SG |
| Quantity | 627,543 |
| Reason classes | potency |
Product
VITROS Chemistry Products CREA Slides, Product Code 680 2584 Product Usage: VITROS CREA Slides (Product Code 680 2584) - For in vitro diagnostic use only. VITROS Chemistry Products CREA Slides quantitatively measure creatinine (CREA) concentration in serum, plasma, and urine using VITROS 250/350/950/5,1 FS and 4600 Chemistry Systems and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System.
Reason for recall
The slides did not meet the current claims for Limit of Blank (LoB), Limit of Detection (LoD) and Limit of Quantification (LoQ) for serum and urine samples and therefore affecting the low end of the measuring range for this assay. The current low end measuring range is 0.05mg/dL for serum and 1.2mg/dL for urine. Based on the CREA testing results for the LoQ, the revised low end CREA measuring range is 0.15mg/dL for serum and 3.2mg/dL for urine.
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Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.